La Lechere Guest House & Hotel

Situated only five km from Kruger Park, four-star graded guest house and hotel La Lechere offers a peaceful haven for tourists and business travellers alike.

Well appointed private guestrooms en-suite with private patio and direct access to the enchanted pool have air-conditioning, TV, DVD and WiFi. A healthy breakfast is served on the wooden deck.

Relax at the stylish sundowner bar while breathing a contemporary African ambience. Mediterranean lunch and dinners are served on request. Your hosts, Hanny and Dar, can assist you with safari and tour packages as well as private health and beauty treatments to get the most out of your stay!

La Lechere Guest House and Hotel

La Lechere Guest House and Hotel has been designed in circle starting from a unique centre point to reproduce the idea of an African village. It has a thatched roof and is divided in well defined areas to give maximum privacy to the guests that want to relax on their own or to bring people together at the communal area.

The guest house is equipped with a very nice sparkling pool that matches the circle design of the building. The water flows from a cascade one meter above the pool and brings a refreshing feeling around the pool, especially during the hot summer days. Here you may sunbath or enjoy drinks on the pool deck while preparing your next journey. If on a business trip you may also read your e-mail or surf the web on your laptop using our free Wi-Fi access point.

Situated on the doorstep of the Kruger National Park, the world's most famous nature reserve, Phalaborwa offers a range of opportunities to view wildlife up close and personally. The town is the ideal base to explore Kruger as well as the surrounding game farms, game sanctuaries and bushveld oriented activities.

The activities include golfing at Hans Merensky Golf Estate, walking safaris, half day and whole day safaris, bush braais, morning or sundowner cruises on the Olifants river,  and astronomy glancing, bird walks and bird watching, day tours to the Blyde River Canyon and Tzaneen, micro light flights, hot air balloon flights, cultural tours, squad biking, sky diving, and many more.

What would you like to do? 

• Experience the Bush in and around Kruger National Park
• Golf in the Wild
• Cruise on the Olifants River
• Visit Blyde River Canyon
• Discover Local Culture
• Visit the tropical paradise around Tzaneen
• Check out Phalaborwa Town

Safari and Tour Packages

We arrange tailored tours and safaries for your visit to Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, and Mpumalanga.

For one attractive price accommodation, breakfast, dinner and all activities are included in our packages.

Please find a number of options to experience Phalaborwa and the surrounding lowveld below. Send us an e-mail what you fancy — and we will tailor a personal package just for you, starting from R 3.600 per person only.

Option 1   Sundowner Cruise on the Olifants River (from 3 to 6 p.m.). Afterwards Braai-dinner (Barbecue) at the Olifants River Lodge (around 22 km from La Lechere Guest House and Hotel Phalaborwa; transfer through Foskor Mines with breath-taking views over the mining area).

Option 2   Whole day safari Kruger National Park. Enjoy your breakfast at Letaba rest camp overlooking the river and watching game. Go North to Mopani or Shingwedzi for lunch or South to Satara and return to La Lechere Guest House and Hotel Phalaborwa in the evening.

Option 3   Whole day Panorama tour to the Blyde River Canyon, the three rondavels, God's window and the falls.

Option 4   Go for an early morning safari to Kruger National Park and have breakfast at Letaba Rest Camp.
Visit Tshukudu Private Game Park in the afternoon for a sun set safari.
Tshukudu is home of Savannah, a tame cheetah, that likes to be petted but hunts her own food. Tshukudu Game Park is situated approx 65 km from Phalaborwa and a very worthwhile safari experience: you will see at least four of the Big Five.

Option 5   Guided tour at the Moholoholo wildlife rehabilitation centre in the morning — a very worthwhile addition to Tshukudu and Kruger National Park.
Have lunch at the Monsoon Gallery, that offers great arts, crafts, curios and food.
Visit world-famous hippo Jessica on your way back. Jessica grew up in a household, sleeps on the verandah, watches TV, loves classical music — but is free to visits it's hippo-friends down at the river.
Around 4:30 p.m a Kruger-National-Park safari vehicle will pick you up for a sun-downer/night-drive and a spectacular bush braai: enjoy delicious food and listen to the sounds of the bush with the crystal clear milky way right above your head.

Option 6   Visit Mapungubwe National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where a pre-Shona-kingdom (1050 bis 1270 n. Chr.) was once the most powerful kingdom in Southern Africa.

Option 7   Play golf on the Hans Merensky Golf Course that borders Kruger National Park here in Phalaborwa.